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S08518 Summary:

BILL NO	S08518
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	FUNKE
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd §305, Ed L
Allows for the transportation of students by a vehicle used for agricultural education purposes.

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S08518 Actions:

BILL NO	S08518
05/09/2018	REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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S08518 Committee Votes:

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S08518 Floor Votes:

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S08518 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8518
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       May 9, 2018
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  FUNKE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
        AN ACT to amend the education law,  in  relation  to  allowing  for  the
          transportation  of  students by a vehicle used for agricultural educa-
          tion purposes
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 57 to read as follows:
     3    57. The commissioner, in collaboration with the commissioner of trans-
     4  portation,  shall  allow  for  the  use of vehicles used in agricultural
     5  education for transporting pupils. Such vehicles shall be allowed to  be
     6  used for pupil transportation where the vehicle:
     7    a. is insured and owned by the school district;
     8    b. has passed an inspection within the past year;
     9    c.  is  operated  by an agriculture teacher with a commercial driver's
    10  license with a passenger endorsement and the appropriate  licensing  for
    11  operating the vehicle;
    12    d.  is  being  used  in a manner directly related to the curriculum as
    13  well as for transportation of pupils; and
    14    e. has no more than the legally allowable amount of passengers.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15802-01-8

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